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The Kim regime responded by threatening to attack the US territory of Guam, a small Pacific island that is home to key USA military installations. "We will continue an independent foreign policy". Russian Federation and China are calling on President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to back off the verbal attacks after a week of escalating rhetoric between the two leaders. (more...)

The National Disaster Reduction Centre of China estimated that at least 24,000 homes were destroyed or seriously damaged in the Tuesday quake. The Jiuzhaigou region is forecast to receive slight to moderate rainfall in the coming days, the provincial meteorological bureau said. (more...)

Fire and police officials were at the scene investigating the incident. Exeter Hospital said patients were complaining of dizziness in the operating room and they closed both the operating room and the emergency room as a precaution until it can determine the source. (more...)

President Trump's Washington, DC, hotel wasn't supposed to be profitable in the first four months after it opened - at least that's what the Trump Organization projected. "The Trump hotel seems to be able to profit off a much smaller group, even though it is more than half empty". The recent revelations in the property's finances are from documents posted on the Government Services Agency (GSA) website. (more...)

Fan footage from the concert shows the unidentified man creeping behind the performance while Britney performed at the front of the stage. The stage invader broke free but was quickly tackled to the ground again. One fan who was at the concert, Jason Blackhurst, has told 9news.com.au that Spears appeared to go "weak at the knees" during the incident. E! News obtained a statement from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department who confirmed that the man, 37-year-old Jesse Webb, was arrested ... (more...)

President Donald Trump has claimed banning trans people from the USA military would save on "tremendous medical costs". On Thursday, Trump said he thinks he's " doing the military a great favor " by banning transgender troops. Got a lot of votes. "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and can not be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail". (more...)

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the White House, State Department and Pentagon are all in agreement. However, a US official briefed on the assessment says the advancement does not mean North Korea has a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can survive reentry accurately. (more...)

But to their credit, they are determined to make this project they poured so much time, effort and money into a success. No Man's Sky has finally received its first limited online multiplayer and while the developers have confirmed that it is limited to 16 players at a time, its interactivity hasn't been revealed in detail leaving it up for the player themselves to determine how they can interact with each other. (more...)

The incident happened in Austin, Texas , after the auto fell over the edge of the vehicle park. Cameras were rolling when a BMW plunged off a Texas parking deck, almost missing a sport-utility vehicle on the ground below. Burch said he could only imagine what his mother was thinking when he told her he had to go since a auto had just fallen on him. In September 2016, that same garage was cited by Austin officials over unsafe barrier cable systems. (more...)

A senior civic official said, "The importance of patriotism and national integration is lost in many schools as the songs and poems of national importance are not taught to children". "Therefore, I strongly felt that the BMC should consider this proposal", Patel had said. "We are not against Vande Mataram, but making it compulsory is undemocratic". (more...)

But they're partners in so many ways - other than both holding USA hostages - from the weapons trade to circumvention of sanctions that every action coming out of Pyongyang needs to be weighed in broader context of the Iran relationship, and even as a test run of Iran's ultimate ambitions for its own weapons capability. (more...)

Hospitals in Alexandria and Behaira announced state of emergency to receive more injured. The Public Prosecution Office ordered an investigation into Friday's incident in Alexandria, the state-run Ahram Gate reported. That accident came months after a train carrying military conscripts derailed, killing 17 people, and nearly a year after 47 schoolchildren were killed when a train crashed into their bus. (more...)

When asked about Kulsoom's candidacy, Rashid said that the difference between them is that she is a "hardworking middle-class woman who will represent the ordinary people of the country", whereas Kulsoom comes from what her daughter, Maryam Nawaz, has called the "ruling family". (more...)

Showers and thunderstorms will pop up the next couple of afternoons, with a few strong storms possible. It's impossible to give you specific start/stop times for rain, but be ready for a shower or storm at any hour of the day or night. If there is development, it could happen near Bahamas on Saturday or Sunday . Highs of 16 to 18 degrees in blustery northwesterly winds. It will be humid on Saturday , but not oppressively so. (more...)

President Bill Clinton stood on the border between North and South Korea to declare that if Pyongyang deployed nuclear weapons, "it could be the end of their country". If carried out, it would be its most provocative missile launch to date. "Traditional diplomacy is not created to deal with threats of nuclear attacks, and it is not created to deal with the repeated defiance of the United Nations". (more...)

The Spokesperson's Office told China Daily on Thursday that the report is not true. Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the Indian armed forces are strong enough to meet any challenge to the country's security. However, it was very much a bilateral issue between India and China, McAllister said. India had honored the convention until Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration refused, Zhao said. (more...)

On Twitter, Northumbria Police said: "There is nothing to indicate at this time that this is linked to terrorism". One eyewitness said: "Big explosion at Rosslyn Avenue in Ryhope - a house has been completely levelled to the ground". There is now a 30m cordon in place with the road closed and people are being asked to avoid the area. We've been speaking with one local resident who lives nearby, who rang in to tell us what she has heard and seen. (more...)

The Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office released the video on Thursday showing the shooting of Estill Police Officer Quincy Smith, who survived the shooting, on January 1, 2016. He will be forced to serve a 35-year term in prison. 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone, who prosecuted the case, said: "If but not for the grace of God and some very good doctors, this would not only have been a murder case, but a death penalty case". (more...)

Cable was relatively unchanged on the day, up marginally 0.01% by the London close, trading at 1.3004 with the euro suffering much the same fate, only managing a slight push lower, 0.12% to trade at 1.1742. Advanced Micro Devices gave up 50 cents, or 3.9 percent, to $12.33. FINANCIALS FALLING: Several financial sector companies also helped pull down the market. (more...)

The Daily Star , backed by further claims in the French media, claim United are believed to have seen off a late effort from Chelsea to land the Ivory Coast worldwide and talks over a deal are thought to be at an advanced stage. But the Daily Mirror isn't so sure, pointing out that Aurier "is now banned from entering the UK" having been found guilty of assaulting a police officer outside a Paris nightclub previous year. (more...)